Social Media Digest #11

This week's filter on the social web.

Insights & Opinions

• Social E-tiquette: How not to be an E-Hole. Love the revision of KISS.

• Smithsonian Crowdsources Their Vision on YouTube: Cool. Watch the baby.

• Social Networks Make Louse Marketing Tools? Patience.

• Case Study: Raising money and awareness on Facebook Causes (thx to @kanter)

• Twitter's Not A Social Network? A sociologists' review. I still think it's what you make of it.

• The New Brand Wars: Your personal brand vs. your company's. [http://is.gd/SuGe]

• Would You Pay for Super Chirp? Maybe it's just me but it feels like buying friends...

• Mommy Bloggers Revealed! Their market power, at least (tho personally I'm not sure "promo engine" is their best role)

• Twitpocalypse? (I challenge you to say that out loud w/out laughing.)

• Social Media Is Your Voice. Best quote: "The key isn't to be reactive — it's to be proactive."

• Do You Suffer From Techno-Ecstasy? Good perspectives.

• Entrepreneurial Journalism. Fascinating and a testament to the demand for information with a personal twist.

Stats & Factoids

• LinkedIn-Twitter Smackdown: You might be surprised who wins. Of course it depends on the demographic.

• Web Analytics Hot: Forrester says companies will more than double their investment in analytics in next 5 years.

• 18-24 yr olds don't glomp Twitter (only 22%) as much as they poke and play on other social networks (89%). 

• 61% of American's still don't mobilize (at least not on the Internet)

• Would You Pay To Be Poked? Facebook introduces payment for third party apps.

• Reforming Communists Don't Like Facebook (apparently). Top 3 Social Networks around the world.

• Twitter Growth Flattening and Facebook Still Rules. Social TV example by NBA/Turner ala Obama.

• Social Network "Ads" Still Popular Target? Forrester says so (along with Email and SEO)

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